diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index f60d7749..a79f0627 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-java:latest
-  digest: sha256:fc52b202aa298a50a12c64efd04fea3884d867947effe2fa85382a246c09e813
-# created: 2022-04-06T16:30:03.627422514Z
+  digest: sha256:2567a120ce90fadb6201999b87d649d9f67459de28815ad239bce9ebfaa18a74
+# created: 2022-05-19T15:12:45.278246753Z
diff --git a/.github/release-please.yml b/.github/release-please.yml
index d17a48e9..bf18750f 100644
--- a/.github/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/release-please.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ branches:
     handleGHRelease: true
     releaseType: java-backport
     branch: 2.2.x
+  - bumpMinorPreMajor: true
+    handleGHRelease: true
+    releaseType: java-backport
+    branch: 2.3.x
diff --git a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
index 92e335f0..3116ad37 100644
--- a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
+++ b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,21 @@ branchProtectionRules:
       - 'Kokoro - Test: Integration'
       - cla/google
       - OwlBot Post Processor
+  - pattern: 2.3.x
+    isAdminEnforced: true
+    requiredApprovingReviewCount: 1
+    requiresCodeOwnerReviews: true
+    requiresStrictStatusChecks: false
+    requiredStatusCheckContexts:
+      - dependencies (8)
+      - dependencies (11)
+      - lint
+      - clirr
+      - units (8)
+      - units (11)
+      - 'Kokoro - Test: Integration'
+      - cla/google
+      - OwlBot Post Processor
 permissionRules:
   - team: yoshi-admins
     permission: admin
diff --git a/.kokoro/build.sh b/.kokoro/build.sh
index 4e4103a8..e46e457d 100755
--- a/.kokoro/build.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/build.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ graalvm)
     mvn -B ${INTEGRATION_TEST_ARGS} -ntp -Pnative -Penable-integration-tests test
     RETURN_CODE=$?
     ;;
+graalvm17)
+    # Run Unit and Integration Tests with Native Image
+    mvn -B ${INTEGRATION_TEST_ARGS} -ntp -Pnative -Penable-integration-tests test
+    RETURN_CODE=$?
+    ;;
 samples)
     SAMPLES_DIR=samples
     # only run ITs in snapshot/ on presubmit PRs. run ITs in all 3 samples/ subdirectories otherwise.
diff --git a/.kokoro/presubmit/graalvm-native-17.cfg b/.kokoro/presubmit/graalvm-native-17.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3f7fb9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.kokoro/presubmit/graalvm-native-17.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Format: //devtools/kokoro/config/proto/build.proto
+
+# Configure the docker image for kokoro-trampoline.
+env_vars: {
+  key: "TRAMPOLINE_IMAGE"
+  value: "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/graalvm17"
+}
+
+env_vars: {
+  key: "JOB_TYPE"
+  value: "graalvm17"
+}
+
+# TODO: remove this after we've migrated all tests and scripts
+env_vars: {
+  key: "GCLOUD_PROJECT"
+  value: "gcloud-devel"
+}
+
+env_vars: {
+  key: "GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"
+  value: "gcloud-devel"
+}
+
+env_vars: {
+  key: "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS"
+  value: "secret_manager/java-it-service-account"
+}
+
+env_vars: {
+  key: "SECRET_MANAGER_KEYS"
+  value: "java-it-service-account"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 416ba798..20a5fde4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.4.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/compare/v2.3.7...v2.4.0) (2022-05-24)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add build scripts for native image testing in Java 17 ([#1440](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/issues/1440)) ([#734](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/issues/734)) ([4352159](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/commit/4352159757856a07383958d028d392e536ebb44a))
+* next release from main branch is 2.4.0 ([#721](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/issues/721)) ([559523d](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/commit/559523d7ec19d5498dd1aa7d9e08368ddb283671))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v2.11.0 ([#733](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/issues/733)) ([f65c10f](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/commit/f65c10f4a6211dc85a3c8a54212f843a65b771cd))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v2.12.0 ([#735](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/issues/735)) ([c48441f](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/commit/c48441f78bf04de0d8072d8c0a13726436618e5e))
+
 ### [2.3.7](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/compare/v2.3.6...v2.3.7) (2022-04-15)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 10872c72..373dbfb9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ If you are using Maven with [BOM][libraries-bom], add this to your pom.xml file
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-      <version>25.1.0</version>
+      <version>25.3.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-container</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.6</version>
+  <version>2.3.7</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
@@ -49,20 +49,20 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 If you are using Gradle 5.x or later, add this to your dependencies
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:25.1.0')
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:25.3.0')
 
 implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-container'
 ```
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-container:2.3.6'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-container:2.3.7'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-container" % "2.3.6"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-container" % "2.3.7"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
diff --git a/google-cloud-container-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-container-bom/pom.xml
index 7fdb5d5f..1093763c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-container-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-container-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-container-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+  <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.3.2</version>
+    <version>1.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>Google Cloud container BOM</name>
@@ -52,27 +52,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-container</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+        <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-container-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-container-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-container/pom.xml b/google-cloud-container/pom.xml
index 0813316b..80580684 100644
--- a/google-cloud-container/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-container/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-container</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+  <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Container</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-container</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-container-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+    <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-container</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-container-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-container-v1/pom.xml
index eb72af04..6dce90cb 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-container-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-container-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-container-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-container-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-container-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-container-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+    <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1/pom.xml
index c0058924..e76ee988 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for google-cloud-container</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-container-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+    <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a83f27f4..bf125525 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-container-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+  <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Container Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-container</url>
   <description>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.3.2</version>
+    <version>1.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <developers>
@@ -61,33 +61,33 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-container-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-container-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-container</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+        <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>2.10.0</version>
+        <version>2.12.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.2</version>
+        <version>3.3.0</version>
         <reportSets>
           <reportSet>
             <reports>
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.2</version>
+        <version>3.4.0</version>
         <reportSets>
           <reportSet>
             <id>html</id>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-container-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-container-v1/pom.xml
index 11ba2404..acceeaf6 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-container-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-container-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-container-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-container-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-container-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-container-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+    <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1/pom.xml
index 42f6296f..903669fd 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1</name>
   <description>Proto library for google-cloud-container</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-container-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+    <version>2.4.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 2a47c1b7..8c9a4bb8 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-container</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.6</version>
+      <version>2.3.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END container_install_without_bom] -->
 
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
index b7510220..66fb5dd2 100644
--- a/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.12</version>
+        <version>1.6.13</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 5a04c7c0..55711776 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-container</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.6</version>
+      <version>2.3.7</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 7308e6a5..4c8080b8 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>25.1.0</version>
+        <version>25.3.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 2a38abe2..b86ed446 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-container:2.3.7:2.3.7
-grpc-google-cloud-container-v1:2.3.7:2.3.7
-grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:2.3.7:2.3.7
-proto-google-cloud-container-v1:2.3.7:2.3.7
-proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:2.3.7:2.3.7
+google-cloud-container:2.4.0:2.4.0
+grpc-google-cloud-container-v1:2.4.0:2.4.0
+grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:2.4.0:2.4.0
+proto-google-cloud-container-v1:2.4.0:2.4.0
+proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:2.4.0:2.4.0